Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 660478f899c246f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:08:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b557eda43010306aef1f1099b7c227f4 SHA-1: a07a95f50a017824df137f795e18700bde8fc652 SHA-256: 660478f899c246f08c74ea8260fbe4c1f66da7362aa799b31adb47c316b8a262
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130744087e3e---26200193166.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df640a7e639e3403a8467d4929b804bb/22024341971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pure-chiral.com/upload/files/6734874371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studioline.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89888157048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/4244312957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/telinilikage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/77976418738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61152134912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustycctv.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawozezilapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/85473648891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vconsole.com/ckfinder/files/fojatogunilodixekogamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a9db2690447125a5fb89179e4919c9/142725085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97868316352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mqskin.com/luutru/files/49149638866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/tisowewefusefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/bivunagarelasefid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funke.be/data/file/80044695288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/5735469976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/nawimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41774293720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/94435859369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.net/beta/assets/file/83040390170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosorilawusajaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/2040673004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betipulipiwipitapoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/41663686594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+mirror+cast+app+for+android+tvPDF link annotation
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiruvejedamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 8525031fb6d7e8deadca2275e835ffa9c3c1aef473e1772f810b6d8890ba5736
font_01_sfnt_off00010477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10477 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 98cf66b94f1597793e53cc0726b29eb9f4afd663af4a3bfd46c1b9f1a5c2115a
font_02_sfnt_off000131ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1